NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Columbia University’s Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, a collaboration between Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School, are pleased to announce that they have partnered to create the Global Business Forum. The Forum will be held annually and will provide an essential opportunity for senior business executives to explore and discuss how to manage risk and maximize returns in the international economy. The inaugural Global Business Forum will take place on April 5, 2016 at the St. Regis New York.
The Global Business Forum has already attracted an elite group of business figures, thinkers, and journalists, including Anheuser-Busch InBev CEO Carlos Brito, who will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural meeting. Panelists will address urgent issues in global business, including trends in international M&A, cyber security, and regulatory challenges. Speakers at the 2016 Global Business Forum include:
- Aryeh Bourkoff, Founder and CEO, LionTree Advisors
- Sally Boyle, International Head of the Human Capital Management Division, Goldman Sachs
- Carlos Brito, CEO, Anheuser-Busch InBev
- Abby Joseph Cohen, President, Global Markets Institute and Senior Investment Strategist, Goldman Sachs
- Charles Fabrikant, Founder, Executive Chairman, and CEO, SEACOR Holdings
- Gregory Fleming, Senior Research Scholar in Law and Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School; former President of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
- Jeffrey Kindler, CEO, Centrexion; Chairman, GLG Institute; retired CEO, Pfizer
- Samuel Palmisano, Founder and Chairman, The Center for Global Enterprise; retired Chairman, CEO, and President, IBM
- Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor, Financial Times
“We are thrilled to partner with Columbia in offering this opportunity for business leaders to discuss the challenges of operating in the global environment,” said Global Business Forum Co-Chair Mitchell Presser, who heads Freshfields’ US M&A practice. “Given the increasing complexity and prevalence of international expansion, the Forum will be a place for leaders to gather and discuss issues critical to the operations of businesses. The participating speakers and panelists represent the full spectrum of thought leaders in the global business community.”
“The group of leaders we have assembled to discuss global business is unrivaled,” added Co-Chair Edward Morrison, Charles Evans Gerber Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and Co-Director of the Richman Center. “It will be a day full of actionable advice and perspectives on important trends and issues.”
For more information on the 2016 Global Business Forum, please visit http://www.freshfields.com/globalbusinessforum/.
About Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is a global law firm with a long-standing track record of successfully supporting the world’s leading national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments on groundbreaking and business-critical mandates. Our 2,500 plus lawyers deliver results worldwide through our own offices and alongside leading local firms. Our commitment, local and multinational expertise, and business know-how mean our clients rely on us when it matters most.
Freshfields’ US practice acts for the world’s leading national and multinational corporations, private equity firms and financial institutions, as well as governments and their agencies both in the United States and overseas. Our New York and Washington, DC lawyers are top-banded across every major directory, with practices that cover the full gamut of transactional and litigation matters, focused on M&A and corporate governance; infrastructure; capital markets; project, leveraged and acquisition finance transactions, and general banking transactions; white collar defense; international arbitration; civil litigation; antitrust; and corporate tax.
About the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy
The Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, a partnership between Columbia Business School and Columbia Law School, fosters collaboration among Columbia University’s distinguished business and legal scholars to generate curricular innovations and advanced research that have the potential to inform public policy as well as the theory and practice of business and law. In pursuing this goal, the Center promotes broad-ranging dialogue with alumni and other leaders from industry, government, media, and academia — all of whom can provide unique insights and expertise.
The Richman Center provides a platform for the exchange of ideas on the most timely and relevant matters, while inspiring future generations of students to pursue careers at the nexus of business, law, and public policy. Findings originating at the Center will be disseminated through conferences and symposia, Columbia-authored case studies, decision briefs, and policy white papers.
